Two children gathering flowers
Maker
Kate Greenaway (artist)
1846-1901
1846-1901
Title
Two children gathering flowers
Date of Production
1861 - 1901
Medium
pen and brown ink, watercolour on paper laid down on card; the pictorial area is discoloured and framed by light damage; pinholes in all four corners of original paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.1 cm
Width: 20 cm
Width: 20 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4444
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Fine Art Society (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 1950; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Kate Greenaway, 1846-1901: an exhibition of prints, engravings, watercolours and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, 06/12/1975-31/01/1976
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 24
Kate Greenaway, 1846-1901: an exhibition of prints, engravings, watercolours and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, 1975-1976
cat. no. 11
ill. on cover
Kate Greenaway 1846-1901: an exhibition of prints, engravings, watercolours and drawings, Bolton Art Gallery, 1975-76
no. 11
ill. on cover
p. 24
Kate Greenaway, 1846-1901: an exhibition of prints, engravings, watercolours and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, 1975-1976
cat. no. 11
ill. on cover
Kate Greenaway 1846-1901: an exhibition of prints, engravings, watercolours and drawings, Bolton Art Gallery, 1975-76
no. 11
ill. on cover
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none visible in raking light, though difficult to say as is laid down.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre margin, graphite: "20"; lower left (within drawing), brown ink, signed with the artist's initials: "KG".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper centre margin, graphite: "20"; lower left (within drawing), brown ink, signed with the artist's initials: "KG".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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